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BFL13
Feb 19, 2019Explorer II
OP seems like someone who would appreciate a Trimetric.
I do have an adapter for paralleling the engine battery with the house battery bank, but I prefer to use a separate maintenance charger on the engine battery. I don't like having the engine batt in parallel with my house AGMs, but cannot prove it is a bad thing--I just don't like it. I made the adapter for when on solar off grid a long time so the solar would also do the engine batt.
I found it way easier to leave the 7300 in place and use a deck-mount converter as a portable charger with clamp-on wiring (cut off end of fat jumper cables). No wiring to do, and you get the charger close to the batteries. The 7300 was still good for when on shore power.
I do have an adapter for paralleling the engine battery with the house battery bank, but I prefer to use a separate maintenance charger on the engine battery. I don't like having the engine batt in parallel with my house AGMs, but cannot prove it is a bad thing--I just don't like it. I made the adapter for when on solar off grid a long time so the solar would also do the engine batt.
I found it way easier to leave the 7300 in place and use a deck-mount converter as a portable charger with clamp-on wiring (cut off end of fat jumper cables). No wiring to do, and you get the charger close to the batteries. The 7300 was still good for when on shore power.
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